WHITE GLOVES
FOR MR JUSTICE MACGREGOR PALMERSTON NORTH’S BLAMELESS TERM. NO CRIMINAL CASES FOR COURT. [Per Pre-w Association.! PALMERSTON N., Fob. 2. The Supreme Court quarterly sessions were opened this morning. There was no criminal business, and the Sheriff presented Mr Justice MacGregor with a pair of white gloves. His Honour, to the Grand Jury, said that it was extremely satisfactory to find in a wide populous district such as this an apparent absence of serious crime. He trusted that the state of affairs would continue. In accepting the white gloves, his Honour expressed the hope that the district would long continue to w T car the white gloves of a blameless life. THE EBBING TIDE RECEDING WAVE OF CRIME. i WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT. [Per Press Association! WELLINGTON, Feb. 2. The Supreme Court sessions opened 1 to-day before Mr Justice Reed. Addressing the Grand Jury, His Honour said the calendar was a short one, comprising four charges of dishonesty and one of a sexual nature. The shortness of the calendar was further evidence of the very gratifying fact that the wave of crime which recently passed over the Dominion was now receding. True bills were returned in all cases.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19504, 3 February 1926, Page 8
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199WHITE GLOVES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19504, 3 February 1926, Page 8
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